Ulaanbaatar Public Library

Seoul street-7
Ulaanbaatar 28
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Phone: +976 70115705
Contact: Mr. Begzsuren Jamsranjav
Title: IT specialist
Email: ubplibrary@gmail.com
Type of Library: Public Library
Population Served: about 1.3 million
Languages Spoken by Staff: Mongolian, English, Russian, Korean
Region Preferred: United StatesReason for wanting a Sister Library Relationship: Our Ulaanbaatar Public Library serves to citizens of Ulaanbaatar city by library-information service. We are 1 central library and 4 branch libraries. About 80 staffs. And we have public service centers, Legal Resource Center, DAISY/Braille/Audio Book center and American Corner.
We really need to innovate our public library management and service into international public library standard.

We have 6 public computers for free internet access. Library users and any foreign person can use our free internet service. So this service should be clear for any foreigners, who are working and traveling in Ulaanbaatar, capital city of Mongolia. From January, 2011 we implemented Free WiFi by support U.S.Embassy in Ulaanbaatar.
Second reason, why we should join to your Sister Libraries network, because, my library service environment changed to Open Stacks in 1st September 2008. We need to exchange our this experience and know new services.

Our 3 librarians participated to the International Visitor Leadership Program by U.S. State Department in 2005 : http://pl.ub.gov.mn/ivp_mongolia.html
Our IT Manager, Mr. Begzsuren visited to Enoch Pratt Free Library and Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Maryland in October, 2010 by library internship program: http://lip-news.blogspot.com

And, our library wants to cooperate with World Public Libraries and with you!